Reeling device and method of reeling



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REIELING DEVICE AND METHOD OF REELING' Filed NOV. 2, 1943 Attorneys Patented Sept. 18, 1945 UNITED v STATES I PATENT OFFICE 2.384.963 G DEVICE AND METHOD OF REELING Fritz Pollak, Jackson Heights, N. \Y., asslgnor to Oscar Kohorn 86 Co. Ltd., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 2,1943, Serial No. 598,697

'1 Claims. Cl. 28-.71.6)

My invention relates to a new and improved reeling device, and to a new and improved method of reeling yarns, filaments, threads, and flexible bodies of all shapes and of all materials.

The invention is particularly useful in hanstrokes, each forward feeding stroke operating upon a respective circumferential portion of the helix. Consecutive feeding strokes operate upon different circumferential portions of the helix.

invention are stated in the annexed description and diagrammatic drawing, which illustrate two preferred embodiments thereof. It is to be understood that the above general statement of Numerous additional important objects of'the 55 the invention does not limit its scope.

dling filaments of artificial silk which are pro-- Fig. 1 is a section, partially in elevation, duced by forcing a suitable spinning solution, through a vertical plane which passes through through a spinning nozzle. the axis of rotation of the reel.

While such filaments are wound upon one or Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial top plan view of more reels, such filaments can be subjected to the top movable sleeve of Fig. 1. any suitable operations, such as desulphurizing, Fig. 3 is an end elevation, taken at the front bleaching, washing, drying, etc. or right-hand end of Fig. 1. 1

According to my invention, a helix of the fila- Fig. 4 is a partial view, similar to Fig. 3, of a ment is supported circumferenti'allyupon a rosecond embodiment. tatable reel, wholly upon supporting members The embodiment of Figs. 1-3 will first be der whichare connected to said reel, so that said scribed. supporting members are rotated in unison about Fig. 1 shows a reel 2, which is turnably the longitudinal axis of rotation of the reel. Said mounted on shaft i, so that reel 2 and shaft supporting members are spaced radially from i can be freely rotated relative to each other. said longitudinal axisof the reel. Shaft I is rotated about its longitudinal axis by Said supporting members are arranged in two any suitable means. Reel 2 is rotated about the or more sets. One of said sets may be fixed longitudinal axis of shaft I, and relative to shaft relative to the reel. Another set is connected l, by means of gear H which is fixed to said movably to said reel, so that the supporting edges reel 2. of said relatively movable members are movable 5 A face cam I0 is fixed to shaft I. The profile of radially inwardly and outwardly, relative to said the front operative face of said cam I0, is indilongitudinal axis. I cated by the line We. The front operative face The circumferential configuration of the helix of said cam i0, which is the right-hand face in may be circular or polygonal. The major part Fig. 1, is of annular shape. Said front operative of the helix preferably always has the circumface of said cam lll'corresponds to the interferential shape of a circle which is concentric section with a cylindrical annulus which has a with said longitudinal axis, or of a polygon horizontal axis, of a plane which is co-incident whose centre is on said axis. A minor zone or with line Illa. Said front face of cam Ill can part of the circumference of the helix is bulged be of any contour, and said front face may have radially outwardly relativeto the major part of a sharply defined step, instead of having edges the circumference of the helix. For convenience; which have a general uniform elliptical contour. I refer to the circumference of the helix, even if A set or series of tubes 4 are fixed to reel 2. it has a polygonal shape in a plane which is per- Each tube 4 has a longitudinal axis which is pendicular to the longitudinal axis of rotation parallel to the common longitudinal axis of roof the helix. 40 tation of shaft l and reel 2. These tubes 4 are The minor bulged zone of the helix is shifted identical, and their angular spacing is equal. In

in a circumferential direction. the embodiment of Fig. 3, there are twelve tubes Hence, the helix always has the same circum- 4, but this number can be varied. ferential shape, but the location of its bulged Arespective sleeve-carrier 5 is both slidably zone is continuously angularly shifted in a cirand turnably mounted on each tube 4. Each cular path which is in a plane which is perpensleeve-carrier 5 has a tapered or w d -shap d dicular to the longitudinal axis of the helix. projection 6a fixed thereto. Each tapered or The bulged zone is intermittently fed for- Wedge-shaped projection Ed has a thread-supwardly. Hence, the entire helix is fed forwardly, porting surface or'edge 6. Each edge 6 may be in a series of intermittent forward feeding sharp or blunt and it may be of any shape,

such as a rounded shape, etc.

Each sleeve-carrier 5 has a rear flange 9, which is held in contact with the front operative face of cam l0. Each sleeve-carrier 5 is biased so that its flange 9. slidably contacts with the front operative face of cam It, by means of a biasin compression spring I2. For this purpose, 2. iongitudinal rod a is fixed to the front end-wall 5c of each sleeve-carrier 5. Each rod 5a. is located in a respective tube 4. Each spring I2 has its front end abutting a respective plug Ila, which is fixed to the respective tube Each rod be has a head 51) fixed thereto. Each head 5b is located rearwardly of the respective plug lid. The rear end of each compression spring 82 abuts the respective head 5b.

A second series of bars orcarriers 3 are fixed to the reel 2. Each said bar or carrier 3 has a tapered projection, which has a thread-supporting surface or edge I. Said edge 1 may be sharp or blunt, rounded, etc. The edges I are of sufficient length to support all the turns of the helix of the thread 14.

Fig. 2 shows that the wall of each sleevecarrier 5 has a slot or groove [3a which is of general triangular shape between its front and rear corners. This groove I311 has a. leg L, whose shape is substantially that of a part of a helix. This groove l3a. has another leg La, which has two branches, each branch having the shape of a part of a helix. The branches of leg La are inclined to each other. The rear branch is more sharply inclined than the front branch, relative to the longitudinal axis of sleeve 5.

Each tube 4 has a guide pin G, which projects into the respective groove 13a of the respective sleeve-carrier.5. Hence, when a sleeve-carrier 5 is in its extreme rearward position, the respective pin G is at the front corner of the respective groove Ilia.

During each longitudinal forward movement of a sleeve-carrier 5, the respective pin G which is fixed to the respective tube l, is located in the leg L, so that the turning effect on each sleevecarrier 5 during said forward movement, is the same as though pin G were moved rearwardly in leg L. Hence, during each longitudinal forward stroke of each sleeve-carrier 5, said sleeve-car rier is uniformly turned clockwise, if the observer is standing in front of the reel 2, namely, at the right of reel 2 in Fig. 1.

During each rearward stroke of a sleeve-carrier 5, said sleeve-carrier 5 is first turned sharply counterclockwise, so that the respective edge 6 will promptly lose contact with the respective part of the helix of the thread M. As an example, during each forward stroke of a sleeve-carrier 5, its edge 6 can engag the helix of the thread It and raise the entire respective part of the helix radially outwardly from the adjacent edges I, while the reel 2 is turned through an angle of thirty degrees to forty-five degrees, and even thirty degrees to ninety degrees. The operative thread-raising positions of edges 6 are shown in positions F, E, C, A. In said positions, the respective bulged part of the helix is supported only on the respective four edges 6. In position A, the sleeve-carrier 5 is at the end of its forward stroke, In position B, the sleevecarrier 5 is at the end of its rearward stroke. During its rearward stroke, each edge 5 loses contact with the helix, while the reel is turned through a small angle of about fifteen degrees, as shown in position D.

Each edge I is of sumcient length to contact with all the turns of the helix of the thread If! which is wound on the reel.

Assume that only the edges 6 support the helix of the thread H3, raised radially outwardly from edges 1, in an arc of forty-five degrees anterior the position A. The helix .of the thread it will be supported on the edges 6, in the remaining part of the circumference of the helix. The part of the circumference of the helix, in which the turns of the helix of thread it are supported wholly on edges 6, is called the bulged part or zone or said helix. As later described, said bulged part is continuously shifted clockwise around the circumference of the reel, if the observer is in front of the reel.

Hence the bulged part of the helix is sometimes at its top, sometimes at its bottom, etc.

It is preferred simultaneously to rotate cam l0 and reel 2 in the same direction, but at different angular velocities. As an example, the reel 2 can turn sixty revolutions per minute, and the cam Ill can turn in the same clockwise dlrec= tion, seventy-two revolutions per minute. The length of each forward feeding movement of the respective bulged part of the helix of thread it, may be 0.09 inch. The thread It is always wound or supported continuously upon some of the edges 1 and on some of the edges 5, and it is unwound continuously at the front end of the reel.

In the embodiment of Fig. 4, the only difference is that each sleeve-carrier 5 is located circumferentially between a pair of bars 3.

In the construction shown, the front ends of bars 3 and of the supporting edges 6 of sleevecarriers 5, are free from any obstruction. Hence the front turn or turns of the helix can be fed intermittently over the free front end of the reel. The thread which is thus unwound from th front end of the helix can fall into a suitable receptacle, or it can be wound upon a reeling device. The thread which depends from the helix at its front end, can therefor be free from tension,

or it can be subjected to continuous or intermittent tension.

In the embodiments described herein, the number of edges 6 is equal to the number of edges 5. The invention is not limited to this relation.

In order further to illustrate the invention, if

the helix is made of artificial silk filament l6 which is supplied by a spinning nozzle, th thickness of said filament It is about 300 denier or more. There will be seventy-six turns of such filament M in the helix. The longitudinal distance between adjacent turns will b 0.09 inch. The longitudinal stroke of sleeve-carriers 5, from maximum rearward position to maximum forward position will be .09 inch. The normal diameter of the helix, as determined by edges i, will be six inches. The maximum radial enlargement of the helix will be 0.125 inch, in the bulged part of the helix.

Whenever reference is made to a thread in a claim, this designation includes filaments and flexible members of allshapes and of all materials.

By increasing the number of bars 3, the trans= verse contour of the thread of the helix can be mad to approximate a circle.

The invention is not limited to the use of bars or carriers 3, which are fixed to reel 1.

The shape of the helix is invariable, even though the-position of its bulged zone or part is shifted circumferentially around the reel.

The filament or thread which is led off the helix, is preferably subjected to continuous and uniform tension. Hence, the filament or thread can be subjected to uniform tension at all times.

I have described preferred embodiments of our invention, but numerous changes and omissions and additions can be made without departing from its scope.

For convenience, the radial direction may be designated as the transverse direction, and the circumferential spacing of members 3 and 5 may be designated as lateral spacing.

Since the cam and the reel are rotated at different angular speeds, the high point of the cam, which controls the extreme forward position of each movable sleeve-carrier 5, is shifted circumferentially relative to the reel.

Hence, the automatic means which operate the reel and the cam, progressively shift the location of the movable sleeve-carrier 5 which is in its extreme forward longitudinal position.

Hence, the location of the portion of the helix which is fed longitudinally forwardly, is progressively circumferentially shifted. The angle of the circumferential shift between successive movable sleeve-carriers 5, is less than the angle of the portion of the helix which is forwardly longitudinally fed.

The entire helix is at all times located on supporting means which move in unison with the reel, around the axis of rotation of the reel. There is little or no circumferential shift or rubbing movement between the helix and its supporting means.

When I refer to a helix, I include a winding whose respective turns may be of different shape and of different dimensions.

I claim:

'1. A method of handling a thread or the like, which consists in maintaining a length of said thread in the form of a helix, rotating said helix about a predetermined longitudinal axis, maintaining only a portion of said helix radially outwardly bulged relative to the remainder of said helix, shifting said bulged portion circumferentially around the helix while maintaining said helix in fixed shape, and longitudinally forwardly feeding only said bulged part of said helix.

2. A method of handling a thread or the like, which consists in maintaining a length of said thread in the form of a helix, rotating said helix about a predetermined longitudinal axis, maintaining only a portion of said helix radially outwardly bulged relative to the remainder of said helix, shifting said bulged portion circumferentially around the helix while maintaining said helix in fixed shape, and longitudinally forwardly feeding only said bulged part of said helix, said bulged portion of said helix occupying only a minor part of the circumference of the helix.

3. A method according to claim 1, in which the thread of the helix is maintained under substantially constant tension.

4. A method of handling a thread or the like,

which consists in maintaining a length of said thread in the form of a helix, wholly and continuously on a support which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis, moving said helix longitudinally on said support without substantially moving said helix circumferentially relative to said support, said helix being thus moved longitudinally, only in a circumferential zone of said helix which is shifted circumferentially around said helix.

5. A mechanism comprising a reel which is mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis, longitudinal thread-supporting means connected to said reel and movable in unison with said reel around said axis, said thread-supporting means being adapted to support a helix of thread or the like, said thread-supporting means being transversely spaced from said axis, said thread-supporting means including a plurality of laterally spaced movable members, each said movable member being turnable back-and-forth around its respective longitudinal axis relative to the reel, each said movable member being also movable longitudinally to-and-fro relative to said reel, each said movable member having a thread-supporting wall, each said movable member being turnablerelative to the reel to an operative position in which its wall abuts and supports the respective adjacent part of the helix, each said movable member being turnable relative to the reel to an inoperative position in which its wall is spaced from the respective part of the helix, automatic operating means adapted to rotate the reel and to move said movable members relative to the reel in the aforesaid respective directions, said operating means moving each movable member to said operative position during its forward longitudinal movement thereof, and moving each movable member to said inoperative position during each backward longitudinal movement thereof, each movable member moving the respective adjacent part of the helix longitudinally forwardly during each to-and-fro movement of said movable member.

6. A mechanism according to claim 5, in which said automatic actuating means include a cam which progressively shifts the location of the movable member which is in its extreme forward longitudinal position.

7. A mechanism according to claim 5, in which said automatic operating means include a cam which is rotated around said longitudinal axis in unison with said cam, the angular speed of rotation of said cam being different from the angular speed of rotation of said reel so as to circumferentially shift the cam and reel relative to each other, said cam operating said movable members longitudinally.

FRITZ POLLAK. 

